After studying at the universities of Uppsala, Strasbourg and Paris, Bengt Sundkler became doctor of divinity (teol.dr)1937 with a thesis on the breakthrough of missionary thinking in Sweden by the Swedish Lutheran Mission 1835-75.
[5] Sundkler was an acknowledged position as a researcher in ecumenism and mission work, and was a well known scholar of African church history.
He wrote of the Swedish Tanzania Mission's history in the books Young Church in Tanganyika (1948) ‘Bara Bukoba’’ 1974.
[4] Following his death, scholars discovered that much of his best-known work contained extensive plagiarism of black African writers, including his own researcher Regina Twala.
[3][7] A bibliography Sundkler's publications is included in Sigbert Axelson's book, The Church Crossing Frontiers.